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Newly released documents shed light on 1983 nuclear war scare with Soviets Nate Jones and David E. Hoffman, The Washington Post Feb. 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - The Soviet Union put fighter-bombers loaded with nuclear bombs on 24-hour alert in East Germany during a NATO nuclear weapons command exercise in November 1983, and the alert included "preparations for the immediate use of nuclear weapons," according to newly released U.S. intelligence records that confirm a "war scare" during some of the most tense months of the Cold War. It was disclosed previously that the NATO exer...

Newly released US intelligence files show how close the Soviet Union came to launching a nuclear attack during a NATO weapons exercise in 1983. The Communist bloc put fighter bombers strapped with nuclear bombs on high alert in East Germany during a 'war scare' prompted by a NATO exercise in Western Europe called Able Archer in November 1983. Soviet leader Yuri Andropov made 'preparations for the immediate use of nuclear weapons' and forces were on 30-minute standby to destroy enemy targets in what was one of the tensest moments of the Cold War. It was previously known that Able Archer 83 ca...